George McNeill George started his sporting career as a professional footballer, before deciding to concentrate on athletics. Because he had signed professional forms as a footballer, he was banned from running as an amateur.
He started on the professional running circuit by winning the 1970 centenary Powderhall Sprint, the oldest and most renowned professional race. In the early seventies, he set a new professional world record for 120 yards; ran 110 metres in 11.00 seconds; and won the world professional sprint title when he defeated Olympic gold medallist Tommie Smith.
In 1981 in Australia, he won the biggest professional race in the world, the Stawell Gift.
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